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To your first point, it's easy to fall into a perjury trap. Noone in the campaign was indicted for conspiracy, they were indicted for lying. Planning to build
by s_y_n_t_a_x 8y ago
To your first point, it's easy to fall into a perjury trap. Noone in the campaign was indicted for conspiracy, they were indicted for lying.
Planning to build a hotel in a country is not a crime, even if it's Russia. It's smoke in the scheme of things, but if he's not guilty, then it's perfectly okay. Meeting with a Russian ambassador is not a crime, setting up a backchannel is not a crime. Many campaigns have done so in the past, again smoke, no fire.
All the things you list would be normal to do had there been no investigation or Russia meddling in the first place. If Trump would have known the Russia thing would have blown up how it did, I'm sure he would have strayed as far as way from Russia as possible.
- auntienomen 8y agoMeeting with the Russian ambassador can indeed be a crime under the Logan Act. Private citizens don't get to make foreign policy, and none of Trump's team was in office at that point.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 8y agoI suggest you read up on the Logan Act and the accusations that have been made under it previously. It's from 1799 and far too general. There's been many instances that technically fall under it. It's not just private citizens, it's unauthorized persons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act#Accusations_of_violations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act#Accusations_of_viola...
- zaroth 8y agoTell that to John Kerry! Transitions teams do this every single time, as an absolute necessity. It would be asinine to hand over the reigns of power as a cold start. The Logan Act nonsense is a perfect example of the media’s abject failure. Then when Kerry went to Iran to actively controvene and usurp Trump’s policies — where was the media citing the Logan act then?